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AI is rewriting the threat playbook

06 May at 11:31 AM, via TechCentral

South Africa’s AI policy will be rewritten. The threat won’t wait, writes Palo Alto Networks’ Justin Lee.

Opera singer who hid deafness for 30 years hails ‘life-changing’ surgery

06 May at 09:00 AM, via The Guardian

Janine Roebuck, from London, says she no longer considers herself deaf after double cochlear implants restored hearing

An opera singer who hid her deafness for more than 30 years has described “life-changing” surgery that has the potential to become the norm for thousands of NHS patients.

Janine Roebuck, 72, from London, had double cochlear implants fitted to restore her hearing, a method now...

FDA blocked studies finding Covid and shingles vaccines safe, HHS official says

05 May at 23:46 PM, via The Guardian

Serious side-effects from vaccines were rare, scientists found in studies funded by US taxpayer money

The US Food and Drug Administration has blocked the publication of several studies that found Covid-19 and shingles vaccines to be safe, according to a spokesperson from the Department of Health and Human Services.

Agency scientists conducted the studies by analyzing millions of patient records...

Hantavirus explained: how does it spread and who is most at risk? – podcast

05 May at 19:13 PM, via The Guardian

Three people have died after an outbreak of hantavirus onboard a cruise ship travelling from Argentina to Cape Verde. The World Health Organization says that a total of seven cases – two confirmed by laboratory testing and five suspected – have been identified on the cruise ship so far. They are also investigating whether rare human-to-human transmission of the virus could be behind the...

Richard Dawkins concludes AI is conscious, even if it doesn’t know it

05 May at 17:17 PM, via The Guardian

Chats with AI bots have convinced evolutionary biologist but most experts say he is being misled by mimicry

When Richard Dawkins met Claudia it was like a whirlwind romance. Over three days last week, a conversation bounced between the evolutionary biologist and the AI bot he called Claudia. “She” wrote poems for him in the manner of Keats and Betjeman and laughed at his “delightful”...

Single dose of magic mushroom psychedelic can cause anatomical brain changes, study finds

05 May at 17:00 PM, via The Guardian

Participants took 25mg of psilocybin, reporting deeper psychological insight and better wellbeing a month later

A single dose of psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, can induce anatomical changes in the brain, according to research among people who took the psychedelic compound for the first time.

Scientists spotted apparent changes in the brain’s structure which were still...

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